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- Letitgo est une chanson de Prince extrait de l'album Come paru en 1994. Le titre fut écrit, produit et interprété par Prince. Plusieurs musiciens accompagnèrent Prince pour l'enregistrement de Letitgo: Eric Leeds à la flûte, Ricky Peterson s'occupa des claviers additionnels et Kathleen Bradford pour les chœurs. La Face-B du single est la huitième chanson de l'album Come, Solo. La musique est écrite et composée par Prince et ne comporte que la voix de Prince accompagnée par de la harpe. Le maxi single de Letitgo comporte aussi les titres Alexa de Paris, à l'origine publié sur la face-b du single Mountains et Pope, une chanson inédite parue sur l'album en 1993. La chanson atteignit respectivement la 31e, 10e et 17e position au Billboard Hot 100, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs et au Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs) entre septembre et octobre 1994. La chanson se classa également en France où elle se positionna 46e le 13 août 1994. Dans le reste de l'Europe, Letitgo accéda à la 45e position en Allemagne, 29e en Autriche, 14e aux Pays-Bas, 21e en Suisse, 30e au Royaume-Uni et obtint le meilleur classement en Norvège en se classant au 7e rang. (fr)
- "Letitgo" is a song by American musician Prince from his 1994 album Come. Despite statements that the album consisted entirely of "old" material, "Letitgo" was actually newly composed for the album. The mid-tempo song relies heavily on a drum machine pattern and bass guitar with synthesizers in the refrain. A keyboard and percussion solo appear toward the end. The song is sung in falsetto in unison with another track layered in his regular, lower register. Kathleen Bradford provides backing vocals, while Eric Leeds provides flute accompaniment. The track was produced, arranged, composed and performed by Prince, with the additions of Kathleen Bradford on background vocals, Eric Leeds on flute and additional keyboards by . The lyrics speak of Prince's disappointment with Warner Bros. Records' decision not to release music as quickly as Prince created it. He chides them that they will be sorry when he leaves the company. The B-side was the album track "Solo", a downbeat number with Prince's voice only accompanied by harp, which was composed by David Henry Hwang. The title refers not to a musical solo, but actually that Prince's mood is "so low". It ties in with the slightly more upbeat "Letitgo". In addition, a CD single was released in the UK containing an edit of "Letitgo", "Solo", the extended version of "Alexa de Paris" (originally the B-side to "Mountains" in 1986) and "Pope", which was originally on The Hits 2 from 1993. A maxi single on CD and vinyl included several remixes of the track provided by Quincy "QD3" Jones III, Chronic Freeze., J-Sw!ft and Gerald "G Bomb" Baillergeau. A 7" vinyl picture disc was issued in the UK. (en)
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